Maj. Gen. Alu Alkhanov, Chechnya's senior law enforcement officer and a Kremlin loyalist, was declared the winner of the republic's special presidential election on Monday, as had been assured since he declared his candidacy in June. According to...

Under heavy security and with few voters visible in this hushed capital, the Russian republic of Chechnya held a special election on Sunday to select a successor for its assassinated president. Although no winner was declared Sunday night, all...

The woman in the market hurriedly packed away the shampoo and perfume she usually sells. The stalls were almost abandoned. She was in a rush to leave and escape the capital's brooding air. ''Tomorrow I will go to a village,'' she said. ''I will...

President Vladimir V. Putin flew to Chechnya for a rare visit on Sunday after a night of fierce rebel attacks in the republic that, according to official Russian accounts, killed at least 30 people, including 12 federal and local security officers. ...

During the presidential race in Chechnya last fall, Akhmad Kadyrov, the candidate who eventually won, campaigned on promises that through personal cooperation with the Kremlin, he would stabilize and then revive a place ruined by war. ''The fate...

The leading candidate for the presidency of Chechnya emerged Tuesday when President Vladimir V. Putin signaled support for Maj. Gen. Alu Alkhanov, the Russian republic's top police official, a man who until now was little known to the public. In...

The deputy prosecutor general, Sergei Fridinsky, told the Interfax news agency that two suspects had been arrested in the May 9 killing of the pro-Moscow Chechen president, Akhmad Kadyrov. He would say only that the two are Chechen residents aged 28...